Color Throwdown #774 and NBUS #58

I have a lot of masculine birthdays in February and March.  I thought the colors at Color Throwdown were perfect for the men in my life. 

The plaid is a double die - thick and thin - from Concord and 9th mounted on GinaK ivory cardstock.  The sentiment is a new die from Altenew that was cut from the same blue with the ivory shadow so this card will go to NBUS too.

I couldn't let all those little squares go to waste so I made a second card.

There were enough of each color to alternate and add the letters from Memory Box to spell out 'happy birthday'.  I found the blue stripe and olive and blue polka dot in my stash.

I'm so glad you dropped by today.  I hope your week is going well.

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Tic Tac Toe #180 and NBUS #42

My prayers go out to all those affected by Hurricane Ian.  My brother who lives in St. Pete faired well.  I haven't heard from DT members or a classmate who all live on the west coast.  Others I know have winter homes there and it may be a while before they know the extent of the damage if any.  It is heart breaking so see the devastation that Mother Nature can cause but so uplifting to see first responders, line workers and volunteers from around the country come together to be of assistance.  

I'm playing along with Tic Tac Toe today.   

I went with the top row across - stencil, jewel colors, flowers.  I recently got the Altenew set of Jewel Tones so they were the perfect inks to use on the Dazzling Dahlia set.   The background is a new cover die from Concord and 9th and the sentiment is from Altenew's One-go Birthday. 

Since my ink and cover die are NBUS I'm sending my card over there too.

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Just Us Girls #454 - Color Week

Yes it's color week again and Angie has chosen these colors for us to use on our cards for Just Us Girls.

My usual fair with light colors like these is to use flowers.  Not wanting to be in a rut I got out an old die cut and used it as the basis of my card.

I colored some Bristol with Twisted Citron and Cracked Pistachio Distress Oxides and cut the SSS birthday die from it.  I didn't have any yellow paper that I thought was light enough so I inked up one with Squeezed Lemonade Distress Ink and cut it with a Neat and Tangled scalloped die that ties in with the scalloped die behind the colored sentiment.

Ros Crawford, our guest designer, and the rest of the team have some colorful cards for your enjoyment and inspiration.  If you make a card and are chosen Chic of the Week you could be our guest in October.